Proverbs 12:19
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
In Context
18There is that speaks like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
20Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
Cross References
2 Kings 5:26And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with you, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive yards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and male servants, and maidservants?
Psalms 52:4You love all devouring words, O you deceitful tongue.
Proverbs 19:9A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaks lies shall perish.
Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words (o. logos) shall not pass away.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:19
18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. The tongue is death or life, poison or medicine, as it is used. 1. There are words that are cutting and killing, that are like the piercings of a sword. Opprobrious words grieve the spirits of those to whom they are spoken, and cut them to the heart. Slanders, like a sword, wound the reputation of those of whom they are uttered, and perhaps incurably. Whisperings and evil surmises, like a sword, divide and cut asunder… Read the whole commentary →